SELF-CONFESSED murder convict Shivanand Roopnarine, who was recently sentenced to life imprisonment is moving to the Court of Appeal to challenge the severity of his sentence.

Roopnarine, 26, of School Street, Grove, East Bank Demerara, was sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon at the Demerara High Court earlier this month.

He had opted to plead guilty and confessed that on April 19, 2015, he murdered his 19-year-old girlfriend Allisa McPherson at Sophia, Greater Georgetown.
Justice Kissoon sentenced Roopnarine to life imprisonment with the possibility of parole after serving 20 years.

According to reports, on April 18, 2015, McPherson left her home and went to a party in Sophia with a male friend.

While at the party McPherson was confronted by Roopnarine who accused her of infidelity.
McPherson denied the accusation, subsequent to which Roopnarine took her to the back of the yard, drew a black object from the waist of his pants and stabbed her.

McPherson was discovered in the toilet area with stab wounds and she was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital, where she was pronounced dead upon arrival.

A post-mortem report revealed that McPherson was stabbed 41 times about her body.
Roopnarine fled the murder scene but was arrested in March 2016 at Mabura, Region 10(Upper Demerara-Upper Berbice).

Roopnarine confessed and told investigators that he had felt betrayed by McPherson. He claimed that during the commission of the crime his client was under the influence of alcohol and now regrets what he did.